The Cask of Amontillado (1846) This short story grabs your attention from the beginning. It introduces you to suspense wondering what is going to happen. You can see from the beginning the characters in the story are Montresor who is narrating the story and Fortunato, a wine connoisseur. This is a great story for several reasons.
The first reason is that by reading this, the narration makes you work for the story to see what happens next. Montresor gives out hints that he is seeking a “vowed revenge” (360). This revenge was for Montresor’s honor. Montresor also stated “I must not only punish but punish with impunity” (360). This statement has an underlying meaning by saying impunity. Meaning that he wants to take revenge such as his …show more content…
The conflict that Montresor continues to be his friend with the lies that he is playing as part of his role. Montresor does this in hopes waiting for that one day when he can seek his revenge. When that day comes us the day of the carnival season when all kinds of craziness is taking place. Montresor figures with all the festivities that no one would miss Fortunato with all the commotion and drinking taking place. So he begins to put his plan in action by creating a conversation about the Cask of Amontillado, which is a bottle of very extremely rare and expensive wine. Montresor lures Fortunato away from the party with the idea that he has a bottle that he would like to make sure is authentic Amontillado, and by whom none the less but the wine connoisseur, …show more content…
Montresor asked Fortunato to go down into his family vaults below his castle to check the bottle of Amontillado for authenticity, which of course Fortunato would do because he prided himself at being the most knowledgeable about wine. Fortunato was drunk when Montresor approached him about this offer. He of course wanted to go right then and check it out. Montresor warned him of the nitre, which is a mineral deposit that hung off the walls in the vaults that will make a person ill. With Fortunato already having a horrible cough, Montresor warned him not to go that he would have another friend look at the cask. Fortunato would have nothing of the sort he said the friend was an idiot and that no one was as good as he was. They went into
The first reason is that by reading this, the narration makes you work for the story to see what happens next. Montresor gives out hints that he is seeking a “vowed revenge” (360). This revenge was for Montresor’s honor. Montresor also stated “I must not only punish but punish with impunity” (360). This statement has an underlying meaning by saying impunity. Meaning that he wants to take revenge such as his …show more content…
The conflict that Montresor continues to be his friend with the lies that he is playing as part of his role. Montresor does this in hopes waiting for that one day when he can seek his revenge. When that day comes us the day of the carnival season when all kinds of craziness is taking place. Montresor figures with all the festivities that no one would miss Fortunato with all the commotion and drinking taking place. So he begins to put his plan in action by creating a conversation about the Cask of Amontillado, which is a bottle of very extremely rare and expensive wine. Montresor lures Fortunato away from the party with the idea that he has a bottle that he would like to make sure is authentic Amontillado, and by whom none the less but the wine connoisseur, …show more content…
Montresor asked Fortunato to go down into his family vaults below his castle to check the bottle of Amontillado for authenticity, which of course Fortunato would do because he prided himself at being the most knowledgeable about wine. Fortunato was drunk when Montresor approached him about this offer. He of course wanted to go right then and check it out. Montresor warned him of the nitre, which is a mineral deposit that hung off the walls in the vaults that will make a person ill. With Fortunato already having a horrible cough, Montresor warned him not to go that he would have another friend look at the cask. Fortunato would have nothing of the sort he said the friend was an idiot and that no one was as good as he was. They went into